In 2022, Ontario, Canada, was home to nearly 266 licensed beer breweries. There were about 195 breweries in British Columbia that year.
Beer in Canada
Canada is responsible for the production of many beers, including Montreal’s Molson Canadian, Chambly’s La Fin du Monde, and Muskoka Cream Ale, which is produced in the Muskoka region in Ontario. In 2018, the Canadian brewing industry generated a total export revenue of about 200 million U.S. dollars. The industry’s import revenue stood at about 770 million U.S. dollars during the same year.
Canadian craft beer
When asked whether they preferred craft beer or beer from larger breweries, over half of Canadian survey respondents stated they did not have a preference. Roughly 20 percent of consumers did state they preferred craft beer. Microbrews and craft beer were most popular in specific cities around the country. Approximately half of the beer drinkers in Québec and Ottawa-Gatineau had consumed microbrew or craft beer.
Number of licensed breweries in Canada as of December 2022, by region
For confidentiality, some counts and quantities are rounded to the nearest ten.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, December 2023. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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